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Patriots post fourth consecutive victory in Round Lake

By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek boys basketball team recorded its fourth consecutive win by rolling to a 73-51 victory over Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster in Round Lake Tuesday.H-BC sank 52 percent of its field goals in the game and controlled the glass by outrebounding the Raiders 40-16 on their home floor.The Patriots got off to a good start by taking a 16-7 lead in the first quarter and led by 12 points (35-23) at halftime after outscoring SV-RL-B 19-16 in the second period.H-BC iced the contest by using a 19-10 scoring cushion in the third quarter to make it a 54-33 difference, and used a 19-18 scoring edge in the fourth quarter to inflate the final margin of victory to 22 points.Kale Wiertzema and Trey Van Wyhe scored 21 and 16 points respectively for the winners. Van Wyhe charted nine rebounds. Wiertzema nabbed eight rebounds.Tyler Bush scored 13 points, registered nine rebounds and passed for six assists.Tom LeBoutillier added eight rebounds to the winning cause, while Zach Wysong chipped in five assists.The 15-7 Patriots host Adrian tonight before playing in Fulda Tuesday.Box scoreBush 5 0 3-6 13, Elbers 0 0 0-0 0, Wysong 2 0 0-0 4, Jackson 0 1 0-1 3, Broesder 0 0 0-0 0, Wiertzema 7 1 4-5 21, Van Wyhe 8 0 0-0 16, Spykerboer 3 0 2-2 8, LeBoutillier 3 0 2-4 8, Haak 0 0 0-0 0.Team statisticsH-BC: 30 of 62 field goals (52 percent), 11 of 18 free throws (61 percent), 40 rebounds, eight turnovers.SV-RL-B: 17 of 48 field goals (35 percent), 10 of 18 free throws (56 percent), 16 rebounds, 13 turnovers.

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